Abugach
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The Abugach, or to the Russians Abugachaevtsy, were a people in the general region of the Ural Mountains
who are believed to have been of Samoyed
ancestry. However the earliest actual knowledge of them in the 19th century identifies them as speaking a Turkic language. They latter were one of the ethnic groups that formed the Koibal
sub-division of the Khakass.
Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains , or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River and northwestern Kazakhstan. Their eastern side is usually considered the natural boundary between Europe and Asia...
who are believed to have been of Samoyed
Samoyedic peoples
The term Samoyedic peoples is used to describe peoples speaking Samoyedic languages, which are part of the Uralic family. They are a linguistic grouping, not an ethnic or cultural one. The name derives from the obsolete term Samoyed used in Russia for some indigenous peoples of Siberia...
ancestry. However the earliest actual knowledge of them in the 19th century identifies them as speaking a Turkic language. They latter were one of the ethnic groups that formed the Koibal
Koibal
The Koibal are one of the subdivisions of the Khakass people of Southern Siberia. Although they speak the Turkic Koybal language, the Koibal have mixed ancestry. They formed in the late 19th century from the merger of the Abugach, Baikot, Kandyk, Tarazhak, Kol and Arsh peoples...
sub-division of the Khakass.